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what's really remarkable is john brennan appears to have the support to be confirmed. but a lot of pent-up animosity from all the last decade or so in the post- 9/11 era all came out at yesterday's senate confirmation hearing. everyone has their own pet issues. and we saw kind of a big blow-up on the drone issue after nbc reported on some of the memos about legally targeting, you know, american citizens. so everyone kind of hit john brennan as a pinata over their own issue, even though it was clear by the end of the day yesterday that he will eventually be confirmed. >> so we've heard so far that the senators questioned brennan extensively about the use of drones. what other topics can we expect him to be grilled on about these hearings? >> torture remains a sensitive issue. part of the walk down memory lane was asking brennan what he knew and when and why he didn't do more to stop harsh interrogation tactics like waterboarding that were employed during the bush administration. there was also a lot of criticism over leaks that have happened. even though the presidentia
what's really remarkable is john brennan appears to have the support to be confirmed. but a lot of pent-up animosity from all the last decade or so in the post- 9/11 era all came out at yesterday's senate confirmation hearing. everyone has their own pet issues. and we saw kind of a big blow-up on the drone issue after nbc reported on some of the memos about legally targeting, you know, american citizens. so everyone kind of hit john brennan as a pinata over their own issue, even though it was...
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>> john brennan began to lay out those guidelines yesterday. i comment the president for wanting to take the american people to these issues to try to lay out. for purposes of trying to deal with modern warfare what the guidelines are. what are the standards of evidence, for example, that are there? what are the geographic, you know limits, the congress could do business oversight, our legal responsibility. >> that's something we are charged with by law, fifteen minutes on the intelligence committee, that is our obligation. we can't do our legally constituted assignments unless we have access to any and all opinions relating to the legal analysis. >> bill: otherwise, it is the executive branch only operating as judge jury and executioner, as others have said. i want to add one more question senator, to your list, which are all of the right ones to ask and that is the memo from the justice department said that the decision must be made by quote, an informed, high-level official of the u.s. government. who are we talking about making these decisi
>> john brennan began to lay out those guidelines yesterday. i comment the president for wanting to take the american people to these issues to try to lay out. for purposes of trying to deal with modern warfare what the guidelines are. what are the standards of evidence, for example, that are there? what are the geographic, you know limits, the congress could do business oversight, our legal responsibility. >> that's something we are charged with by law, fifteen minutes on the...
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john brennan was pressed hard on the use of drones and enhanced interrogation techniques by members of the senate intelligence committee. government memos leaked earlier this week showed drones had been cleared for use against u.s. citizens suspected of working as u.s. terrorists. nbc's tracie potts is live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. in his hearing, brennan strongly defended the use of drones but he distanced himself from questionable interrogation tactics used on terror suspects. >> truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: it looks like john brennan is gaining the support of several lawmakers, on drone attacks and even americans. at least three killed so far. >> any american who did that should know well that they in fact are part of an enemy against us and that the united states will do everything possible to destroy that enemy to save american lives. >> reporter: drones are used against imminent threats, he said, not as payback. but some are still concerned if it's legal and asked what if the cia takes out the wrong person. >> we've got
john brennan was pressed hard on the use of drones and enhanced interrogation techniques by members of the senate intelligence committee. government memos leaked earlier this week showed drones had been cleared for use against u.s. citizens suspected of working as u.s. terrorists. nbc's tracie potts is live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. in his hearing, brennan strongly defended the use of drones but he distanced himself from questionable interrogation tactics used on...
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to nominees john brennan tinl against agency and chuck hagel. they are running into real snags on capitol hill. in the case of hagel what's happening right now it is a delay for a nominee. republicans can't the white house to come clean about what happened if the u.s. consulate attacked back in september with evidence mounting they say if the president would simply disengage. during an on-line chat president obama dismissed the entire issue. >> that was largely driven by campaign stuff because everything about that we have had more testimony and more paper provided to congress than ever before. >> there's no question this white house has stone walled delayed and denied. nothing could be pfurther from the truth about us not running out of questions. it what is true he won't answer any. >> it is not just about chuck hagel. benghazi attack is one of the problems the president wants to head the cia john brennan who served as chief counter-terrorism advisor to the white house. they have specific acknowledge to the response time line. when it comes to
to nominees john brennan tinl against agency and chuck hagel. they are running into real snags on capitol hill. in the case of hagel what's happening right now it is a delay for a nominee. republicans can't the white house to come clean about what happened if the u.s. consulate attacked back in september with evidence mounting they say if the president would simply disengage. during an on-line chat president obama dismissed the entire issue. >> that was largely driven by campaign stuff...
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director nominee john brennan defended the policy. listen. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence, will have the appropriate review process, approval process before any action is contemplated, including those actions that might involve the use of lethal force. >> in fact, 84% of americans are in favor of the use of drones in our war on terror. but the question is, is president obama a political hypocrite by saying waterboarding terrorists was wrong burks killers and extensive drone use are his prerogative? robert. >> let me say this, when i listen to what both carney said and what brennan said, it is different from what the nbc memo said. they both said you have to have actionable intelligence to know if there is going something focused against the united states. in that memo, it said that you did not have to have specific intelligence in order to launch a drone on american citizens who were associated with terrorist activity. that's two entirely dif
director nominee john brennan defended the policy. listen. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence, will have the appropriate review process, approval process before any action is contemplated, including those actions that might involve the use of lethal force. >> in fact, 84% of americans are in favor of the use of drones in our war on terror. but the question is, is president obama a political...
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president obama's two big nominees john brennan and chuck hagel facing resistance. a show down looming in the senate as democrats attempt to break a gop filibuster of the defense nominee chuck hagel. >> good morning ainsley, first things first that top job at the pentagon since we are one day closer to the devastating automatic cuts to the defense departments potentially being brought about by the sec quest tore on the first of march. even during such an uncertain time some republicans want to make sure the correct person is installed as defense secretary. they are ready to keep asking questions until they are satisfied enough to vote one way or another on chuck hagel. >> the debate on chuck payihage not over. it has not been serious. we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers about what the president did personally when it came to the benghazi debacle. i think democrats have no problem doing that with bush and they did the country a service by probing in. >> terri reed who is generally oka
president obama's two big nominees john brennan and chuck hagel facing resistance. a show down looming in the senate as democrats attempt to break a gop filibuster of the defense nominee chuck hagel. >> good morning ainsley, first things first that top job at the pentagon since we are one day closer to the devastating automatic cuts to the defense departments potentially being brought about by the sec quest tore on the first of march. even during such an uncertain time some republicans...
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bin laden unit about john brennan. he is a patchwork of deceit and suck upping to his superiors, and not a word that i could put in. we understand what he is saying there. doug, how do you handicap brennan and hagel? >> i think brennan will probably be confirmed and i believe, given what lindsay graham said today and what senator inhofe has said about hagel, there is a greater chance of a hold being put on the nomination or a filibuster. there has to be some accounting for the uncertainty of brennan and the incompetence of hagel and hagel is the one most likely to go down. >> the man who said that is a tremendous guy who i have followed for years and i think it is true that brennan is a weasel and we have seen it after the bin laden raid. he briefed the media from the white house press room, and made up the story of how the raid happened, the white house role, fabricated it. >> bin laden was reaching for a gun, all nonsense but the bigger issue, senator feinstein chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee said we
bin laden unit about john brennan. he is a patchwork of deceit and suck upping to his superiors, and not a word that i could put in. we understand what he is saying there. doug, how do you handicap brennan and hagel? >> i think brennan will probably be confirmed and i believe, given what lindsay graham said today and what senator inhofe has said about hagel, there is a greater chance of a hold being put on the nomination or a filibuster. there has to be some accounting for the uncertainty...
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brennan. paul's concern? drone strikes against u.s. citizens within the united states. the kentucky congressman says he will do whatever it takes to delay brennan's confirmation until he addresses the legality of the issue of drones. >>> at 7:00 it's happening at offices, in the bedroom, even on some news sets we're told. we'll introduce you to the harlem shake. it's a little scary at 7:00. >> must not be a dance. >> maybe it is. maybe it's not. >> still ahead this half hour we learned more about the design for somebody who can get you up and make you dance. this is the chuck brown memorial atlantic >>> tonight at 8:00 it's the 90 minute premier of the 26th season. survivor hits fans versus favorites. d.c. contestants john cochran and laura alexander will be part of it all. >>> today is ash wednesday. with that pope benedict the 16th delivered his final public mass. catholics packed st. peter's pa silica to get one last look at the -- basilica to get one last look at the retiring pontiff. thou
brennan. paul's concern? drone strikes against u.s. citizens within the united states. the kentucky congressman says he will do whatever it takes to delay brennan's confirmation until he addresses the legality of the issue of drones. >>> at 7:00 it's happening at offices, in the bedroom, even on some news sets we're told. we'll introduce you to the harlem shake. it's a little scary at 7:00. >> must not be a dance. >> maybe it is. maybe it's not. >> still ahead this...
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meanwhile also delaying a vote to confirm john brennan to head the cia. dianne feinstein postponed the vote saying she wants more details on the white house drone program. despite the setbacks the expectation is that both the nominations will eventually go through. >>> another big story following tonight the meteor explosion. the dramatic video right there from russia moments after fragments from a meteor crashed onto a quiet street. the meteor even left a thick trail of smoke in the sky. really it's worth going down a rabbit hole on youtube. i mean russia is covered with dashcam cameras all over the place and there's video over where of this ting -- everywhere of this thing. an amazing event and also destruct specific the explosion ironically on the same day as the asteroid buzzing by berth. it has ohm -- earth. it has people wondering what's going on. bob barnard went to find some experts. >> they are not related and as you said in this day and age when nearly everybody everywhere has a smart phone and more and more cars and trucks have dashboard camera
meanwhile also delaying a vote to confirm john brennan to head the cia. dianne feinstein postponed the vote saying she wants more details on the white house drone program. despite the setbacks the expectation is that both the nominations will eventually go through. >>> another big story following tonight the meteor explosion. the dramatic video right there from russia moments after fragments from a meteor crashed onto a quiet street. the meteor even left a thick trail of smoke in the...
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you have a long history with john brennan. let's start with his take on osama bin laden and whether or not you think that he tried his hardest to find or capture ubl. >> alisyn, he's a spectacular liar in terms that have particular subject. when he was the chief in saudi arabia, we asked him repeatedly to acquire from the saudis information usama bin laden and al-qaeda and very, very basic things like birth certificates, bank records, medical records. we started to ask for those in february of 1995 and when i resigned in 2004 we still hadn't got them. >> alisyn: and why not, michael? what was the hesitation on john brennan's part? >> we were annoying the saudis, brennan said. the 9/11 commission has the documents. he says i 'm not going to ask the saudis for the information because the requests annoy them and convinced the same saudis who wouldn't give bin laden's bert certificate he convinced that they were going to buy bin laden for us from the taliban. we shouldn't get mired one in one issue, but usama bin laden lived from
you have a long history with john brennan. let's start with his take on osama bin laden and whether or not you think that he tried his hardest to find or capture ubl. >> alisyn, he's a spectacular liar in terms that have particular subject. when he was the chief in saudi arabia, we asked him repeatedly to acquire from the saudis information usama bin laden and al-qaeda and very, very basic things like birth certificates, bank records, medical records. we started to ask for those in...
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. >>> and there's a delay in the vote to confirm john brennan as head of cia. the top democratic lawmaker is demanding more details about deadly drone strikes against terror targets. last week, brennan defended the strikes in his confirmation testimony. but also said he welcomed more discussion on the controversial program. >>> meanwhile, the military has approved a new medal for members involved in drone strikes and cyber warfare. the new distinguished warfare medal outranks the bronze star, which is the fourth-highest medal for valor. and is usually awarded for heroic action on the battlefield. defense secretary panetta says it recognizes the current realities of war. >>> another drug tunnel between the u.s. and mexico has been shut down. this one was discovered in southern arizona. police say the crude, hand-dug tunnel is about 68 feet long and approximately 2 feet wide. more than 1,200 pounds of pot was found inside. >>> with that, a look, now, at weather across the country on this valentine's day morning. south florida could see some thunderstorms. the res
. >>> and there's a delay in the vote to confirm john brennan as head of cia. the top democratic lawmaker is demanding more details about deadly drone strikes against terror targets. last week, brennan defended the strikes in his confirmation testimony. but also said he welcomed more discussion on the controversial program. >>> meanwhile, the military has approved a new medal for members involved in drone strikes and cyber warfare. the new distinguished warfare medal outranks...
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senator lindsay graham believes the senate should hold up the confirmation ofs of john brennan an chuck hagel until the white house releases more information on the deadly benghazi for attack. senator graham wants to know exactly what the president was doing that tragic night. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the c.i.a. director ship, hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense secretary of defense. did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone to help these folks? >> what does this mean? joining us, a former media spokesperson for president george w. bush and joe mansion a democrat. mercedes and chris, welcome. mercedes, let me start with you. what does this mean if the senator is saying we're going to hold up these critical nominations until we find out about the president's activity that night? >> we've been waiting for months from the white house to figure out what happened in ban gaza. when you look at what susan rice mentioned on benghazi with her talking points, that basically saying that this was due to a protest. we know that wasn't the ca
senator lindsay graham believes the senate should hold up the confirmation ofs of john brennan an chuck hagel until the white house releases more information on the deadly benghazi for attack. senator graham wants to know exactly what the president was doing that tragic night. >> i don't think we should allow brennan to go forward for the c.i.a. director ship, hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense secretary of defense. did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone to...
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brennan's nomination. john brennan by all accounts will be a strong leader. get it for me but a lot and his strong ethical code -- guided by the law and his strong ethical code. he will be independent from political influence. he will seek only to provide the president, congress, and other leaders with his best analysis and advice. his responses to the committee's questions are available on the committee's website at www.intelligence.senate.gov. the committee must conduct due diligence some members will have questions and -- in a range of topics including his plans for directing the agency, major national security challenges we face, positions and actions he has taken in his current and past jobs. a so of interest -- also of interest will be his views on the use of targeted lethal force in counter-terrorism operations. mr. brennan has been one of the few ministration officials able to speak publicly about such issues. members will certainly want to understand his views on this. to include the importance of congress receiving all of the relevant legal analyses
brennan's nomination. john brennan by all accounts will be a strong leader. get it for me but a lot and his strong ethical code -- guided by the law and his strong ethical code. he will be independent from political influence. he will seek only to provide the president, congress, and other leaders with his best analysis and advice. his responses to the committee's questions are available on the committee's website at www.intelligence.senate.gov. the committee must conduct due diligence some...
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john brennan secretly converted to islam while on the job in saudi arabia. he's been helping terrorists, of course, that guy says, get federal jobs ever since. wow. what's wrong with this picture? here is a snapshot of the mississippi supreme court on friday. yes, you are looking at the confederate flag right there. so what was that civil war flashback doing atop mississippi's supreme court? here is the story. it's normally a state flag which bears some resem blns. it was time to break out a fresh one. the new shament came in a box labeled mississippi state flag and workers didn't realize it contained confederate flags inste instead. it took about two hours for someone, anyone, to notice and have it removed. a professor at southern university -- university of southern mississippi scored a punch line. have we is he seeded already? the execution is faster than i thought. >>> now to texas republican steve stockman and the state of the union guest list. a refresher on steve stockman. this was his reaction. i will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary
john brennan secretly converted to islam while on the job in saudi arabia. he's been helping terrorists, of course, that guy says, get federal jobs ever since. wow. what's wrong with this picture? here is a snapshot of the mississippi supreme court on friday. yes, you are looking at the confederate flag right there. so what was that civil war flashback doing atop mississippi's supreme court? here is the story. it's normally a state flag which bears some resem blns. it was time to break out a...
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i know john brennan well enough to note that you are quick to stand up and say what is on your mind and what ever you conclude. i am not want to ask you for response to that, but i know you will give us your thoughts and opinions about cia's response to it and how we move forward with this. >> i will do that. >> thank you very much. >> senator wyden. i mean senator rockefeller. >> thank you, madam chair. i just made a comment to the chair, mr. brennan, that i have been through a whole lot of confirmation hearings in 28 years here, including quite a few cia directors. i quite honestly do not recall anybody who is more forthright, more direct, more accommodating without violating who you are, more open to the possibility of working with this committee in a way that will do two things -- one, that will give the folks at cia who probably constantly worry about what is the next awful thing that we are going to say about them, but that is not our intention because we are into the business of problem solving, and if we have a 26,000-page document, it is not fun for us if we are trying to solve
i know john brennan well enough to note that you are quick to stand up and say what is on your mind and what ever you conclude. i am not want to ask you for response to that, but i know you will give us your thoughts and opinions about cia's response to it and how we move forward with this. >> i will do that. >> thank you very much. >> senator wyden. i mean senator rockefeller. >> thank you, madam chair. i just made a comment to the chair, mr. brennan, that i have been...
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. >>> on wednesday, the senate intelligence committees confirmation hearing for cia nominee john brennan got off to a rocky start when protesters from the activist group code pink for peace said their peace. >> they won't even tell congress what country we are killing children in. senator finestein -- >> if you could expedite the removal -- >> and it is more important of the children in pakistan and yemen and are they more important? do your job! >> code pink like john brennan has been a public fixture since 2002 when groups like that one first began public action. code pink started with a four-month all-day vigil in front of the white house to prot protest the impending war in iraq, and thursday, they held up red painted hands on behalf of mothers who have lost children in yemen and pakistan and somalia and all place where is the obama administration's drone program has touched down. but it was not just code pink who was questioning the controversial program. the brennan hearing has opened up a bigger debate of the administration's current military tactics. so i'm like a little bit that
. >>> on wednesday, the senate intelligence committees confirmation hearing for cia nominee john brennan got off to a rocky start when protesters from the activist group code pink for peace said their peace. >> they won't even tell congress what country we are killing children in. senator finestein -- >> if you could expedite the removal -- >> and it is more important of the children in pakistan and yemen and are they more important? do your job! >> code pink...
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. >>> john brennan, the president's pick to be the next cia director getting drilled at his confirmation hearing. he was pressed on the targeted killing of terror suspects, including u.s. citizens. >> i think there's a misimpression on the part of some american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressio transgressions. nothing could be further from the truth. we only take actions as a last resort to save lives when there's no other alternative. >> the brennan hearing was interrupted several times by protesters. at one point, senator diane feinstein stopped the proceedings and actually had the room cleared. >>> all right. too close for comfort. scientists at nasa say a giant asteroid, about half the size of a football field, is headed our way. they predict it will pass very close to earth on february 15th. no closer than about 17,100 miles. it's one of many large space objects barrelling toward us at the very moment. experts say all of them, inclauinclud including this one, will have very limited, low-impact probability. >> very good. >> fun to watc
. >>> john brennan, the president's pick to be the next cia director getting drilled at his confirmation hearing. he was pressed on the targeted killing of terror suspects, including u.s. citizens. >> i think there's a misimpression on the part of some american people who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressio transgressions. nothing could be further from the truth. we only take actions as a last resort to save lives when there's no other...
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and john brennan and chuck hagel are awaiting confirmation of head of cia and defense secretary is that correctively. >>> and then ehrlich is looking to fill the seat. leopold resigned after being found guilty of misconduct. >>> and chris brown's weekend incident, we have gone through the police report. >>> and a man that goes above and beyond to fulfill a promise to a family during the iraq war. >>> the clouds are already starting to move in. when do the rain drops arrive? i will give you a check of the [ male announcer ] so there's lots of people out there who aren't happy with their internet. [ spokesman ] hi, are you lindsay? yes. did you say, "my internet's so slow it's like a car with no gas"? yes. [ male announcer ] well lindsay, you're about to get verizon fios quantum, america's fastest, most reliable internet. so that's what you used to have... okay. and that's fios. wow, this is crazy fast, almost unbelievable. [ male announcer ] that will put some gas in the old tank lindsay. supercharge your internet speeds. switch to fios and we'll triple your speed for free with an upgrad
and john brennan and chuck hagel are awaiting confirmation of head of cia and defense secretary is that correctively. >>> and then ehrlich is looking to fill the seat. leopold resigned after being found guilty of misconduct. >>> and chris brown's weekend incident, we have gone through the police report. >>> and a man that goes above and beyond to fulfill a promise to a family during the iraq war. >>> the clouds are already starting to move in. when do the...
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the possibility raised after john brennan, the president's pick to head the cia defended the drone program at his confirmation hearing. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence. will have the appropriate review process, approval process before any action is contemplated including those actions that might involve the use of lethal force. rick: peter doocy is live in d.c. so, peter, tell us where the idea for these special courts has come from? >> reporter: rick, senators on both sides of the aisle are saying basically if the u.s. government is going to continue executing u.s. citizens with drone strikes there need to be some checks and balances in place to make sure the american being targeted is really associated with al qaeda and really can not be captured. to minimize the possibility of a lethal operation against an innocent person and the senate intelligence committee chair, senator dianne feinstein, says she thinks there will soon be a quote, new day of transparency? >> at one point it was a limited cov
the possibility raised after john brennan, the president's pick to head the cia defended the drone program at his confirmation hearing. >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence. will have the appropriate review process, approval process before any action is contemplated including those actions that might involve the use of lethal force. rick: peter doocy is live in d.c. so, peter, tell us where the idea...
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host: chris anders, your thoughts on what john brennan had to say. guest: just outside this window, president obama took the oath of office for the second time. he took the time to talk about how the united states is adhering to the rule of law and how it was one of his achievements. the biggest concern we have is whether this is really the rule of law. one of the most fundamental parts of adherence to the rule of law is that people get to know what the rules are and that the rules are stable and not made up as you go along. this idea that people know what the rules are is fundamental. we have secret opinions. the opinion turned over to the intelligence committee this week was only after mr. brennan's nomination got him into so much trouble and they were afraid it will not go through. it is only one of 8 opinions. the intelligence committee has been asking for those opinions for two years now. there are certain opinions that have not seen. the public has seen a 16 page summary of a 50 page opinion. underlying the whole thing, which mr. brennan was re
host: chris anders, your thoughts on what john brennan had to say. guest: just outside this window, president obama took the oath of office for the second time. he took the time to talk about how the united states is adhering to the rule of law and how it was one of his achievements. the biggest concern we have is whether this is really the rule of law. one of the most fundamental parts of adherence to the rule of law is that people get to know what the rules are and that the rules are stable...
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and the senate intelligence committee is delaying a vote to confirm john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. chairwoman dianne feinstein postponed the vote saying she wants more details on the white house drone program and the tax on the u.s. consulate in libya. >>> still ahead, a campaign fundraiser turned uglyout side facebook founder mark zuckerberg's california home. we'll tell you why. >>> some welcome news no those stranded cruise ship passengers. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. >>> later today, the nightmare for thousands strappedded on -- stranded on a cruise ship will finally be over. the ship is expected to dock in moab beal, alabama today. it is offering passengers an additional $500 in compensation because of all this. >>> a crowe gathered outside mark zuckerberg's home last night as he hosted a fund raiser event for new jersey governor chris christie. this seemingly odd couple first met in 2010 when zuckerberg donate $100 million to newark public schools. zuckerberg is not registered with any political party. >>> special recognit
and the senate intelligence committee is delaying a vote to confirm john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. chairwoman dianne feinstein postponed the vote saying she wants more details on the white house drone program and the tax on the u.s. consulate in libya. >>> still ahead, a campaign fundraiser turned uglyout side facebook founder mark zuckerberg's california home. we'll tell you why. >>> some welcome news no those stranded cruise ship passengers. we'll tell...
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impact segment tonight will terror advisor john brennan become the evidence the cia. he testifies tomorrow on capitol hill. some liberals do not like him because he is the director of the drone program that kills terrorists from the sky. president obama very bullish on the drones. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical and they are wise. the u.s. government takes great care in deciding to pursue an al qaeda terrorist to ensure precision and to avoid loss of innocent life. >> bill: here now to discuss thinks moral dilemma, over the drone issue, the co-host of the five bob beckel. >> bill: all right, so it was obviously set up as a discussion with a liberal, bob beckel over his condemnation of waterboarding. but the relative silence over drones. i used nbc news analysis as an example to back that up. so what's your beef? bill, i have already won this round on points because the other day with bernie goldberg you said yes i guess i should have mentioned it. the nbc scoop was the elephant in the room that kick started your debates. larger point about the media being
impact segment tonight will terror advisor john brennan become the evidence the cia. he testifies tomorrow on capitol hill. some liberals do not like him because he is the director of the drone program that kills terrorists from the sky. president obama very bullish on the drones. >> these strikes are legal. they are ethical and they are wise. the u.s. government takes great care in deciding to pursue an al qaeda terrorist to ensure precision and to avoid loss of innocent life. >>...
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. >>> tough questions for cia director nominee john brennan. nbc's capital hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. good morning, kelly. >> good morning, natalie. some of the country's deepest secrets were part of the intense hearings, grilling top officials over benghazi attacks and those drone strikes and that attracted protesters. >> pakistan, somalia. >> reporter: anger over targeted killings. >> please remove -- >> reporter: and senators who say the cia and white house won't give them answers. >> the committee is just stonewalled. >> reporter: john brennan, if confirmed as the next cia director. but struggled to explain if he was involved in waterboarding yet -- >> i did not stop the use of those techniques. >> reporter: he once said those techniques had saved lives but now -- >> waterboarding is something that never should have been employed. >> reporter: senators pressed outgoing leon panetta and dempsey about whether military help was too far away to rescue the slain americans. >> the biggest problem that night, senator, is that nob
. >>> tough questions for cia director nominee john brennan. nbc's capital hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has more. good morning, kelly. >> good morning, natalie. some of the country's deepest secrets were part of the intense hearings, grilling top officials over benghazi attacks and those drone strikes and that attracted protesters. >> pakistan, somalia. >> reporter: anger over targeted killings. >> please remove -- >> reporter: and senators who say...
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rand paul and others are threatening to block john brennan. susan rice didn't get to the nomination process. is this rocky road if that's how we want to describe it, david, does this hurt the president's credibility or at least his ability to get things done, a small distraction, should it become a smaller one? put it into the wider con tech in terms of what the white house want to be accomplishing right now. >> it does take away according to past presidents, national security is where one says the president says it's a precedent to do this. it's a time that we have a lot of things going on in terms of the president's foreign policy, particularly in the middle east and withdraw in afghanistan coming to the fore and you need someone in the pentagon doing this. it can be seen as a nuisance in that the president want to be talking about his agenda, which is the gun control, immigration, things that people can get done. you have, of course, this sequester and the ongoing issue of the spending situation and taxes. so i think these are the things th
rand paul and others are threatening to block john brennan. susan rice didn't get to the nomination process. is this rocky road if that's how we want to describe it, david, does this hurt the president's credibility or at least his ability to get things done, a small distraction, should it become a smaller one? put it into the wider con tech in terms of what the white house want to be accomplishing right now. >> it does take away according to past presidents, national security is where...
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cia director nominee john brennan, duking it out with senators from both party, staunchly defending the obama administration's use of drones against americans. >> i would like to ask you about the status of the administration's efforts to institutionalize rules and procedures for the conduct of drone strikes, in particular, how you see your role as cia director in that approval process? >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence, will have the appropriate review process, approval process, before any action is contemplated, including those actions that might involve the use of legal force. >> the fifth amendment is pretty clear. no depreivation of life, liberty or property without due process of law. we are threatening american lives with a drone attack. >> if the executive branch makes a mistake and kills the wrong person or a group of the wrong people, how should the government acknowledge that? >> i believe we need to acknowledge it. i believe we need to acknowledge it to our foreign partners. we need to
cia director nominee john brennan, duking it out with senators from both party, staunchly defending the obama administration's use of drones against americans. >> i would like to ask you about the status of the administration's efforts to institutionalize rules and procedures for the conduct of drone strikes, in particular, how you see your role as cia director in that approval process? >> the president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be...
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brennan until president obama explains how the white house reacted to the benghazi attacks you know what. i'm not sure i understand what do you plan to do if they don't give you an answer are you going to put a hold on the time i am in a yes yes yes i'm going to ask my colleagues just like they did with john bolton joe biden said no confirmation without information. but john bolton was crazy so anyhow rather put in place leaders that can help america prepare for the possibility of future terrorist attacks graham would rather continue to dwell on been ghazi. let's hope they say about beating a dead horse and the very. very ugly. wells but the n.r.a. speaking at the n.r.a. is wisconsin state convention this weekend bob welch a lobbyist for that organization so that the n.r.a. will wait until the quote connecticut effect has subsided to continue to push to block any and all reforms of gun control well she went on to say that quote we have a strong agenda coming up for next year but of course a lot of that's going to be delayed as the connecticut effect has to go through the process it'
brennan until president obama explains how the white house reacted to the benghazi attacks you know what. i'm not sure i understand what do you plan to do if they don't give you an answer are you going to put a hold on the time i am in a yes yes yes i'm going to ask my colleagues just like they did with john bolton joe biden said no confirmation without information. but john bolton was crazy so anyhow rather put in place leaders that can help america prepare for the possibility of future...
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if and when that happens, all the attention then will move to john brennan to be the cia director. we have the hearings last week and roughed up by a couple of senators. overall i'm struck by the volume of outrage of congress which is sort of, you know, to date, left out of this entire decision make process about drones and sort of the, you know, talking -- getting any information about what's happened after the drones go out and kill people. are you surprised, jonathan, by the lack of sort of, you know, audible outrage from congress over this? >> i think you've got two things at work. one is that the republicans largely agree with the president's targeted killing program, that is to say drone strikes and other ways of killing top targeted terrorists on a very individual basis. and you've got most democrats either agree with the policy or willing to give president of their own party a lot of leash on it and hearing the very far left and far right with concerns and then occasionally some of the folks in the middle expressing concerns and probably not the type of concerns to lead the
if and when that happens, all the attention then will move to john brennan to be the cia director. we have the hearings last week and roughed up by a couple of senators. overall i'm struck by the volume of outrage of congress which is sort of, you know, to date, left out of this entire decision make process about drones and sort of the, you know, talking -- getting any information about what's happened after the drones go out and kill people. are you surprised, jonathan, by the lack of sort of,...
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that's why i have placed on hold the nomination of john brennan to serve as director of the c.i.a. that's also why i voted to not end debate on the hagel nomination. i do not believe senator hagel has adequately explained his activities in their financing since he left the senate. what is he referring to specifically there? >> chuck hagel, former republican senator from nebraska, doesn't and didn't want to tell his former colleagues in the senate everything about where he got paid to speak pro-arab groups that he talked to that compound and complicate previous statements that he had made about the so-called jewish lobby, referring to the united states as connection to israel. for rand paul, this is extra tricky. this sounds a little confusing, but imagine this, the foreign policy of libertarian minded conservative republicans like rand paul has more in common with chuck hagel than it does with john mccain. they are opposed to intervention. they're in favor of cutting defense budgets as part of an overrecall reduction in government spending. so libertarians like the idea of chuck ha
that's why i have placed on hold the nomination of john brennan to serve as director of the c.i.a. that's also why i voted to not end debate on the hagel nomination. i do not believe senator hagel has adequately explained his activities in their financing since he left the senate. what is he referring to specifically there? >> chuck hagel, former republican senator from nebraska, doesn't and didn't want to tell his former colleagues in the senate everything about where he got paid to...
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republicans also asking for more information from john brennan. he's the president's nominee for c.i.a. director. catherine herridge has all of this tonight. what are we hearing from am bass dor rice? >> thank you, bill and good evening. in her first interview since pulling out of consideration for secretary of state, ambassador susan rice suggests she's the victim, blaming her demonstration spun out of control comments on the intelligence community. >> i shared the best information that our intelligence community had at the time and they provided the talking points that i used and they were wrong in one respect. we learned subsequently and that is that there wasn't, in fact a protest. >> secretary panetta testified he knew benghazi was preplanned terrorism even before rice's appearance on those sunday talk shows, september 16. >> when this was going on, we weren't sure what was taking place there, but when i later found out that you had rpg's and mortars and there was an attack on that facility, there was no question in my mind it was a terrorist
republicans also asking for more information from john brennan. he's the president's nominee for c.i.a. director. catherine herridge has all of this tonight. what are we hearing from am bass dor rice? >> thank you, bill and good evening. in her first interview since pulling out of consideration for secretary of state, ambassador susan rice suggests she's the victim, blaming her demonstration spun out of control comments on the intelligence community. >> i shared the best information...
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. >>> some unhappy protestors kept interrupting the hearing for john brennan until final lit chairwoman order the room clears. brennan has taken a lot of heat from liberals as the architect of the preps appear drone program. but he said it is better to detain terrorists to get information from them. a vote on his confirmation to headed the cia is expected next thursday. >>> for the washington redskins, the answer to the question is what's in a name is a lot of controversy. why critics are calling for a change in how fans are responding. >> first, find plans to create the world's largest airline. we'll be right back. o little m -- final plans to create the worm's largest airline. we'll be right back. -- the world's largest air palestine. we'll be right back. got you again? -- the world's largest airline. we'll be right back [ both laug] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ cle
. >>> some unhappy protestors kept interrupting the hearing for john brennan until final lit chairwoman order the room clears. brennan has taken a lot of heat from liberals as the architect of the preps appear drone program. but he said it is better to detain terrorists to get information from them. a vote on his confirmation to headed the cia is expected next thursday. >>> for the washington redskins, the answer to the question is what's in a name is a lot of controversy. why...
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brennan and jack lew all confirmed? >> if they can ever avoid the holes. that gets into senate rules which i'm not familiar with. got rand paul saying he was going to put a hold on hagel and brennan. harry reid said he's not going to recognize the hold. i think it has to be worked out behind closed doors on capitol hill. my understanding is they're hoping for a hagel vote tomorrow. i know brennan has the votes on the floor to win. it is a question of when it comes up for a vote. >> bill: senator feinstein announcing yesterday or this morning that she is scheduling a vote on john brennan in the senate intelligence committee but not until they come back. they're out next week. for whatever reason, right? valentine's day. i don't know. that's presidents' day week, of course. the week after that, when they come back that she will -- she'll schedule a vote. and then tomorrow, the president is going to -- >> chicago. >> bill: and then to florida too, i believe. >> he's taking a little presidents' day get away in florida over
brennan and jack lew all confirmed? >> if they can ever avoid the holes. that gets into senate rules which i'm not familiar with. got rand paul saying he was going to put a hold on hagel and brennan. harry reid said he's not going to recognize the hold. i think it has to be worked out behind closed doors on capitol hill. my understanding is they're hoping for a hagel vote tomorrow. i know brennan has the votes on the floor to win. it is a question of when it comes up for a vote. >>...